Hu Shi, a pioneer of the New Culture Movement and with thirty-six doctorates, was appointed ambassador to the United States at the age of 47 in 1938, and only resigned as ambassador to the United States on September 8, 1942. In the four years that Ambassador Hu Shishi has given more than 400 speeches in the United States, he has not had a weekend break, he has not brought too many retinues, he carries his own leather bags, and he does not use the ambassador's "special expenses.", he once said in a letter: "I came out to do things for the country, it does not matter if I suffer a little, I will not worry about the green mountains, the country is green mountains, the green mountains have fallen, our children and grandchildren will be slaves, compared to the soldiers who fight wars, compared to the fleeing people, I am a paradise here." ”
In 1932, Chiang Kai-shek and Hu Shi met for the first time
These four years were the most arduous period of China's War of Resistance, especially when the United States submitted its credentials, Guangzhou and Wuhan were lost one after another, and the Nationalist government moved the capital to Chongqing, which can be said to be "ordered by the defeated generals", but Hu Shi still encouraged all the embassy personnel to stick to their posts, not to give up their duty, and to run from all walks of life in the United States to call for support for China's War of Resistance.
After the Nationalist government moved the capital to Chongqing, Chiang Kai-shek issued a "Letter to the Military and Civilians of the Whole Country" on October 31, reiterating that he would resolutely resist Japan and would never surrender. On November 2, when Hu Shi met with President Roosevelt, he specially dictated to Roosevelt the "Letter to the Military and civilians of the whole country" in full, expressing the determination of the Chinese military and people to resist Japan.
After Hu Shi resigned as ambassador to the United States, he lived in the United States to engage in academic research, Hu Shi's thought was mainly influenced by Dewey, he was committed to promoting liberalism, and he was an advocate of Chinese liberalism, advocating a rigorous learning method of "bold assumptions, careful verification" and "words must be signed".